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LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. \
Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. )
LAW AND MEDICAL CARDS.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,’
THOHA)fILLE, GA.
ty OFFICE first do >r m second story of
St'irk's Ctmfsctionary.
L. C BRYAN. R. H. HARRIS.
Mar 14 ‘ iiiL
S. B. SPENCER,
ATT O R NEY A T I. AW ,
Tbownxrillr, Georgia,
Will nttend promptly to all c v>l bnrinesa en
trusted to hi* care in the Southern Circuit,
Clinch and Ware ol the Brunswick Circuit.
Jan 31 5 >y*
C. P. HANSELL,
attorney AT LA W,
xhoiuairillc, Georgia.
Jan M 51 . v
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
Office over McLasb’s ‘ Store.*®®
Jan 24 4-12 m
j. k. Keid, U. >. .F. DeWitt, -H. I>
Ur<4. It 1210 A UeWITT,
OFFER their services to the citizens of
. Thontasville and vicinity,
ry OPFIVE at Dr. Di.\\\tt s Vrup Store
Feb iti *-tf
U|. T. S. HOPKINS.
one 108
| > A tUI 1.0 I Yvith KFMI iIF.AiE.
b. O. AUXOLU,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
\\rlLL be fouud at the old v T°V
v v stand occupied by him for
the last ten years
Aug ‘J3-12ih
Dr. wTp7cLO WDK
HAYING permanently located ill Thomas
ville, otters his i*
*•■ to the public.
tyOFUCE at the Drag Store of W. P,
Clower & Cos.
ty RESIDENCE —the house formerly oc
cupied by Dr. Brandon. mar 14 tv
l>r. B. W. B IM 0.l
Having permanently located in Thomas*,
ville, respectfully otters his services to the
citizens of the Town and Surrounding
Country, in the practice ol Medicine, Surs
gery and Midwtlery. Will also pay spe
cial attention to the treatment ol Diseases
of Women. Office. K. K- Evans old Store
upstairs. jaol/sJm
JI tfi. F I H (x l s O \ ,
{Graduate of Queen.'* College.)
PHYSIO AN', SUROEuN, Ac.,
Boston, Georgia.
May be consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near
Kaihoad Station.
APOTHECARY
HAY sT
W. P. CLOWER & CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Have renovated and refitted tjhe Store next
to Young’s Hotel, for the purpose of es
tablishing a .
First Class Drug Store.
The new firm ask. for a share of patrons
age, and invite the attention’ of the'citi*.
rens to their w ell selected stock of
JUeilkineti,
l ain) aud Toilet Irtkles,
Soaps and Perfumery,
fine Green aud iltaek Teas,
Jtei'OYine Lamps and Oil,
bti; vi i riv
Together With-every other article usually
kepi ih a veil-appointed Drag Store.
(Y)V’ fijjißCioii’ Preseriptivns carefully-,
prepared.. . 4—if
Jan 24.
DRUGS”
MEDICINES.
The undersigned having purchase . the
elegant Drug Store ot l>r. Little, take
t U'i-a .e in MAoanomg to the” people of
Thomnsville. and the. country generally,
xhat they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs aiid Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Perfumery, Stationery, et., etc. Call
and examine for yourselves
By strict attention to business, courtes
ous and honorable dealing with Our cus
fomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN & CASSELS.
James N. Wiss,
Samvel J. Cassels,
jan 17tf
FRESH DRUGS
DR. r. S. BOWE’R has just received a
large stock of fresh Drugs, purchased
at the best manufactories in the United
Slates, and embracing every article in the
Medical Department. His Drugs were
purchased with the view of supplying the
market with the very
Best Quality of Medicines
pianufactured, and the prices were hot
therefore consulted. lie will nevertheless
sell upon easy terms, and feels sure that
he can give satisfaction.
Thankful for the liberal patronage ex
fended to him heretofore by the people of
■Thomas County, he hopes to merit a eontin
uation of their favors. He may be found
at hie old Stand opposite Remington & Son.
Jan 4, ts P. S. BOWE'R.
GEORGIA-Clinch County.
Whereas. Ziba King applies to said Conrt
for letters pf Guardianship, for the property,
person and effects of Duncan Henderson, dec’d.
All persons are notified to file their objections
in said Court, otherwise said letters will be
granted in terms of the law.
H. MORGAN,
Feb 21 8 40,1 Ordinary.
TANARUS © Ulonth* front date, applica
tion will be nirfdeto Louudes Court of Or
dinary. for leave to sell the Real Estate of
Archibald Mclntvre, late of said Countv. deed.
ISAAC JESSt’P,
Mar 51 2m Adxn’r.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
GEO. T. PATTEN,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
TUO.II VSVII.IiE, G 4.
imrlLL purchase and sell C olton. Bacon.
IT Mugar, Stvrnp. Wool. Arc.. Ac.,on
Commission, forward Cotton, and other Pro
duce to Savannah, aud Goods Irorn Depot to
other points
Orders and-Consignments solicited.
’• Feb 14 . Y-dui’
GEORGE PATTEN,
For war ding
AND
| COM MISSION MERCHWT,
NAVA Will, GEORGIA.
fTVENDERS his services to the Merchants of
I Thomnsville. and the Planters of Thomas
! County, for the forwarding of Goods, the sale
of Pro bice and purchase of Supplies, and re
! spectfullv solicits their patronage-
Feb 1y 7-3m*
J. R. S. DAVIS &C 0,7
Auction & Commission
MERCHANTS,
■
Next (loot* to K. A 1.. Goldberry’s Store.
SOLICIT consignments of goods of all de
acriptions. Particular atteutiou paid to
telling real and personal property.
Auction sales on Wednesdays aud Sutur
days—day and night.
J. 11. S. DAVIS,
G. A. JEFFERS.
Feb 14 __ 7-3 m
F. W. SIMS,) t J. F. WHEATON,
Late of the > < La’e of the firm of
Republican. j ( Wilder, Wheaton & Cos.
F* W. SIMS & Cos.,
* 5
NAVAN'VAII, GA.,
FACTORS AND GENERAL
CuMIiSSIaS MERCHANTS
DEALERS IN
Hereliandise, Produce, Tim
ber, Lumber and Colton.
Consignments and orders respectfully solicit
] ed, and whether by waaon, river, railroad or
sea, will receive, the strictest attention.
The Forwarding Business caretnlly and
promptly done. . mar 7 llldim
31IL.L.EH, THOMAS k Cos.,
genbual
CO2IM/ZSIQN& GROCERY
MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, ... . . , GEORGIA.
S. J. MILLER. SAMUEL B. THOMAS.
and. o, livingsfon.
! .Toti 24 ’ 4 (im*,
J, L. VILLALOfiGA,
COTTON FACTOR
HMlllt AID COMMISSI
Mereliant.
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1 -3m . SA VANN AH, 6TA.
| A.J,BRADY,. W:M.SMITH, E J MOSES
A- antes. . Lexington.’ Columbus.-
Brady, Smith & CO.,
COTTOH
C-jffiiSli tKB FOuWASDINE
x rri ry dty a r n iG
j\ 1 .< tt u JLJ.iAiI X o,
Savannah, : : : : : Georgia-
Will make liberal advances on Produce con
signed to us or our friends, in New York,
Boston, Philadelphia or Liverpool.
.i Agents for FAI It HAN Ks \- (’<.. R. HOE
& CO.. STEARNS A- MARVIN, and other
Northern Manufactories. • .
Refer to all the leading Merchants of the
City. • ■ Nov. ts dm
W. Carvel Hall. JAs. E. Miki;-.
j J-. Hanson Thomas, J.r.
Hall, Myers & Thomas
: GENERAL
COMMISSION
Merclaants,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
RctVreucc* :
J. Hanson Thomas. Pres't Farmers’ and Mer
chant.-’ National Bank.Tison.A- Gordon. Sav’h
Kirkland, Chase ft Cos,, Jqo. Williams de Son,
. Williams, Bee A Cos., X. Y . Brien A Car
. re re, N. Y., C. Morton Stewart. 11. L.
Whitridge, D H. Gordon. Va.;
Edward S. Myers. J. P. Plea
sants & Son. Tlios. J.
Carson A Cos,
Win. 11. MacFarluud, Pre't Farmers’ Bank,Va.
Mar 14 ■ 11-6rn
J. W. RABUN & CO.,
Factors
AND
i:oh)ii;is§ici) hivi'clKiijis.
140 11 il STREET,
Savannah. Ga.
J W. RABUN P. 11. WOOD
Jan 1 3m
; GREAT
BARGAINS!!
AT
IIA VIS & JEFFERS’
BaT JEJ ‘W”
! aictioi & mm iisi,
Next to <>oltiberry*a Store.
If | ‘HE attention of the public is called to the
J large and varied assortment of Goods of
. all descriptions consigned to us for sale
AT AUCTION,
or at private sale, at l,e*than Cost.
Ladies are particularly invited to call and
examine our fine Goods and Prices.
It is onr intention to make this the Cheap
Store of Thomasville.
sales on Wednesdays and Satur
days—dav and night.
J. R 8. DAVIS,
G. A. JEFFERS.
Feb 14 ‘ -3m*
CO.VtPOI.NI> Fluid Extract Bnehu.
Prepared bv
W. P, CLOWER A: CO .
Jan 31-stf Apothecaries Hall.
AN AC T.
• I
To levy and collect a tax for the support
: of tiie Government tor the-‘year 18b6, and
for other purposes.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly do.
: enftet, That his Excellency, the • ibve
nor, with the assistance of the Comp
troller Gen- ral, so soon as the value
j of.taxable property is ascertained from
| the consolidated returns from all the
counties thereof, -hall proceed to assess
and levy such a per eentage on the
; taxable property as will produce, in
the estimation of the Governor, the.
sum of three hundred thousand dol
lars, exclusive of specific taxes.
•Sec. 2. In addition to the ad val
orem tax on real and personal prop
erty, as specified in the Code aud as
sessed in the preceding section, the
| following specific taxes shall be levied
I and collected :
1. A tax of one dollar upon each
and every n ale inhabitant of this State
on the first day ol April, between the ‘
ages of twenty-one and sixty years, j
When this tax is due and unpaid by
| any person who has no property, and
is in the employment of another as a
laborer, it shall be teh <. uty of the
Tax Collecto to serve a written notice
to the employer, specifying the amout t
of tax i ue by the employee, which
notice shall operate as a garnishment
upon the employer, and shall author
ize and bind'him to pay said tax from
any wages, effects or money in his
hands due to the laborer, or employee,
and execution shall issue as in other
cases for taxes due against the em
ployer for the amount.
2. Upon every practitioner, ot Law,
Phvsic and Dentistry, ten.dollars.
3. Upon every Daguerrean, Am
brotype, l’ln togiaphic, and similar
| Artist, ten dollars
L Upon every person carrying on
the business of Auctioneer, twenty
j five dollars. ■ •
5. Upon every keeper of a pool or
billiard table, lor puplic play, ten dol
lars- or each table.
6. Upon every keeper of a bagatelle
table, tor public plai’,. ten dollars -for
each table. •
7. Upon every keeper of a ten-pin
alley, or alley of like kind, , for public
play, ten dollars. ‘
8. Upon every keeper of any other
table, tand or place for any other
game or play, with or without a name,
unless for exercise.or amusement only,
and not prohibited by law, ten dollars.
9: Upon every keeper or owner of
a public race track, fifty dollars.
10. Upon every cireu; company for
■ each exhibition, twenty-five dollars.
11. Upon every agent ofj or person
engaged in any gift lottery or enter
prise of like character, in any county
of this State, the sum of one thousand
dollars. ’ It shall be the duty of the
Tax Collector, immediately upon the
opening ol an office by any person for
the purpose of selling tickets in any
supli lottery or enterprise, or of selling
or offering such tickets for sale, in any
wanner, to levy and collect the said
tax from any property of said person
, to be found. - ’
12. There shall be levied a specific
tax of twenty cents per gallon of bran-,
dy, gin, whisky or. rum-, whether for
eign or domestic, which is sc Id by any
I person in t‘ is State by wholesale or
retail, except. by distillers and man
ufacturers in this £tate, aud the
t .amount so-d shall be given in under
oath. Quarterly returns on oath shall
be made on the first days of April. Ju
ly. O to! er aud January, in each year,
by all persons within the county, who
sell liquor either by wholesale or re
tail. of the amount sold during the
quarter preceding. Said return shall
be made to the Tax Collector of the
county, who shall demand and collect
the tax due, when the return is made.
• It shall be the duty of the Tax Col
lector to require all persons selling
. said liquors to make their returns and
pay the tax thereon, and if any person
shall fail or refuse to make his returns,
and to pay said tax, he shall be assess
ed by the Cos lectur a specific tax of
one thousand dollars, and the Collec
tor shall proce.d to collect the 9ame
by execution, as in other cases of tax
es due and unpaid.
Sec. 2. The spirituous liquors spe
cially taxed in the preceding section
shall be exempted from the advalo
rern tax.
Sec. 4. The oath to be
ed to all persons making returns of
their taxable property shall be in the
words following to-wit :."i'ou do sol
emnly swear that you will true an
swers give, to all lawful questions
which I may put to you, touching the
return you are about to make,and that
you will make a true return of all your
taxable property, so help me God/’
; And it shall be the duty o. the officers
taking said return to inquire of each
and every person taking said oath,
touching alfof his taxable property or
his liability for specific taxes, as
named in this act, and the Comptroll
er General shall publish a list of all
questions to be propounded to tax
payers.
Sec, s.—The tax assessed under
this act shall be collected in United
States currency, and the value of the
property on tl e first day ot April next
in such currency, shull be the basis of
the taxes.
Sec. G. and be it further enacted,
That all laws heretofore passed levy
, ing and collecting a tax upon income
| be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Tliomasville, Georgia, Wednesday, April IS. IS6G.
| .Sec. 7 ..And to tt- furtlur eiMRfaS, .
That nothin in ti is act contained shall
be construed as to appeal or affect
section 725 ot tne revised Code of
Georgia, exempting certain propt/rty
frotn taxation. • ‘ .
Sec. All laws militating against this
act are hereby repealed.
The Great Question of llie Day.
That violence begets violence; kind
ness, kindness, distrust, resentment,
and coercion, resistance, is a world-old
story — the teachings of all history
from the beginning. What end does
the North propose to itself in its deal
ings with the South? That is the
questiiou. Let the people ponder
that, see cleaily what they aim at,
and then act accordingly. The South
is conquered. Whether as a nation
ality, or as a combination of rebeh,
yet the same. They are conquered
1 by those against whom they took up
arms, have surrendered opposition,,
and lie at their mercy. • Shull thy be’
now treated as friends,- or enemies.-
It is for the North alone to decide,.for
she lias all the power. -The South
• has decided, as far as it may, for peace,
reunion and friendship, by laying
\ down its arms in good faith and e ee
ry where, by returning to’ its allegiance
j to the United Stotts, by'accepting and ■
frankly conforming to all the many
. and grave consequences of defeat, and
by as full and perfect obedience to the
I laws as exist in any part of the’ (jnion.
’ Further than this, it was certainly the
universal understanding of her people,
founded on the declarations of the
; President of the United States and
| head of its armies, that these things
being done, they would be received
hack into the Union on the same Not
ing on which they stood when they
took up arms against it. It is again
lor the North to say whether the South
was justified in this urderstunding or
not; and they have the power, in any
; event, to determine whetner they will
be bouud by that understanding or not;
j but it is scarcely, credible, if they be
leive the faith of the United fcbates to
have.been so pledged by’ Mr. Lincoln,
.that.they would be willing to commit.
towards- others the ■ great • crime of
breach f faith, which, when held to
be committed against themselves, they ■
have s.r grievously punished.
-But putting aside all consideration's
of ‘good faith, and looking only to the .
dictates of sound policy,’ t'he question
still question on the right de
cision of which hangs more of weal or.
of woo. to .North as well .as South, to
white as we] > as-black, than’ on .any
other now before the country— wheth
er the men at . Washington,’ now
, ch.aiged with its.solution, impelled by
| passion and pride ol power! or .moved
by the gentler aiid wiser influences of
reason and humanity, shall make ot the
South the Ireland or the Scotland, the
Poland or the of the- United
. States. - Discontents are the secret
fires of the moral volcanoes of the
woTld ; and disabilities’ and insults and
inequalities, and, above.all the pres
ence ot foreign or stranger officials,
the fuel that feeds them. Let Poland,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, under Aus
tria, the former United Colonies of.
’ Great Britain, jerve for instances!—
. Equal rights and liberties- is the har
mony of society, the music o) peace’
and of progress. • Witness Wales and
Scotland, Italy, and Rome, Silesia me
der Frederick 11., and die Great. —
Shall Stevens be so known to his
tory?
I append a brief historical extract
in reject to Silesia,’ which, perhaps,
may be pondered over n.w to advan
tage.
‘Tt is certainly true thet Frederick,
upon the whole, administered his des
potic power enlightened views and
with public spiiit for the good of bis
sudjects.* * * * No instance can
be stronger than that of Silesia, —
Here was a province won without a
shadow of real riznt from Maria The
resa—a sovereign who beside her le
gitimate title, had all the claim to her
subjects’ sympathy which womanhood,
youth and beauty can bestow. Here
were Dobles of high linea e and loyal
ty compelled to acknowledge an usurp
ing conquerer ; here was a people pf
bigoted Catholicism ruled over for the
first time by a Protestant prince.—
Under such circumstances what else
could be expected than that Silesia
should bccoiaepto Prussia what Ireland
has been to England—a perennial
fountain of bitterness —an object to
all statesmen of anxious solicitude,
and to nearly all of afflicting disap
pointment—a battle field of ever recur
ring political and religious animosi
ties , and like other battle fields, laid
waist by contention ! Yet so prompt
and so prudent were the measures of
Frederick in behalf of his new con
quest —neither neglecting the interest
of his subjects, as, for instance, Joseph
the First; nor yet wounding the r
prejudices, like Joseph the Second—
that within a few years space Silesia
became as firmly bound to him as
Brandenburg, and that Maria Theresa,
in her latter attetnps to recover the
province, found no affective or gener
al assistance from the Silesians them
selves.”
All experience, then, bears witness
to the pregnant truth, that u the great
secret to govern the human race is
sympathyP The typical man —man
as made by God —yielded readily to
the gentle solicitihgs of the sun. what
he denied to the fury of the blast. — !
Bit* heart..answers dutifully to the
rule of justice, gratefully to that of:
kindness, rcbelliously to that of force. ■
It has been well said, by one deeply
versed in the lore of human dealings:
“He that would fotce men’s heart to
surrender, must do so by manifesting
that they would be safe when comiuit
ed to his keeping.” If the victorious .
party shall do’ that, they.will rebuild
the. shattered temple of concord, and
win one of those victories of peace
“more renowned than war.” Ilarmb- ;
ny will prevail at once through all our |
borders, and we start again on a career
of happiness and prosperity and-pro
gress, which shall leave Boching’ fur
ther to be asked by .the philanthropist
or the patriot.—A. .3 . Rimes.
THE > i: H COIN 1 V C OT IST.
• The establishment of. this’ court 1
amounts to a decided revolution of the |
judicial system of! the State. So says ■
a. correspondent of the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, from whese able article on the
subject we select tlie following points :
The revised Constitution, article IV,
section 2, paragraph 9, empowers the [
General Assembly (o vest in the Infe
ferioc Court, or such other county
court, as they in ay hereafter create,
concurent jurisdiction with the .Supe’- ,
rior Court, in civil cases generally, ex- !
cep’ eases respecting titles to land, and.,
those requiring equity jurisdiction and .j
equity proceedings. -Heretofore, this
largo .concuireht civil jurisdiction.
Ves'e'd in the Inferior court.. But by •
three successive acts, approved • 17-th ’
March, ISOlQthe Inferior. Court is.de- j
prived of all. civil jurisdiction except j
lii coin ty matters ; shorn -of all crim- |
iu'al jurisdiction, even as a court of in- |
quiry ; and its clerks are required tor’
transfer all cases pending in their.
Court, to the County Court. * *’ ■
The act creating the County Court,'.
12th.sectian, vested in It jurisdiction,
concurrent with • that of the Superior
Court in all civil cases, except such as'l
.involved titles’ of land- and equity';
causes. iEven larger civil jurisdiction j
than was ever exercised by tlve Irife- !
rior Court, is conferred upon -the new
Court It is even permitted tp enter
the sacred -domain of the “cturt of
conscience.” By section -29th of .the
act, it is permitted’ so to mould its-J
judgements as to subserve the ends of
justice--to give judgement far a sum*|
certain-, decree the ‘specific’ -perfor
mance of a contract, rr-to render sugh
judgment as in its discretion, may seem
just and proper. ■ . ‘ . ‘
The revised constitution, article 4th,
sectioned, part 3d, vests ‘ extdusivje j
criminal jurisdiction in Super or Court, ;
only in cases in whieh tjie offender is _
subject to loss of life, limb’ or mem
ber, or to. confinement and labor in the
penitentiary. ‘ The County Court .bill,
section 34, extends to the court which
‘it creates, at ifs monthly and semi
annual sessions, jurisdiction ovef ajl
criminal oflcnces, of which exclusive
jurisdiction is not vested in sotn'o oth
er court. This, -of course, embraces
all crimes, not .punishable by loss of
life, limb or member, oi by confine
ment and labor’ in the penitentiary—•
k nown under our laws as felonies. By
a sweeping amendatoiy act, -approved
17th March, 1866, .over twenty fel
onies, including various species of
laceny, burglaries, nay hem, anil many
other lngh crimes, heretofore punish
ed by confinement, and labor in the
penitentiary,i from’ one to seven years
—over twenty felonies are reduced to
a grade of crime below felony, and are
made punishable hy fine, not to ex
ceed one thousand dollars, impri-on
ment not to exceed six months, whip
ping not to exceed 39 lashes, by work
ing in a chain gang or on public works,
not to exceed twelve months, as may
be ordered in the discretion of Jthe
judge. The law makes no distinction
as to color. In addition to the many
offenses which were below the grade
of felony, the offenses lowered as to
grade, by the act. referred to, fall with
in the jurisdiction of the County
Court. ■’
In view es the magnitude of the in
terests involved, it is plain, therefore,
that the presiding judge of the Coun
ty Court should be as well versed in
the law and as well qualified as a judge
of the Superior Court, except in cases
of equity or where land titles are in
volved. Let the people study the
subject and he prepared to vote un
derstandingly when the election for
judge chines on Much depends on
filliug this office with men ot the right
qualifications.
Important Oi-drr* from tbr Aaiatunt
CommiaHio ncr of ibe Bu
reau.
Gen. Tillson has promulgated an
order notifying the officers of the
Freedmon’s Bureau in this State that
they will not hereafter exercise judi
cial function, the Legislature having
enacted laws giving persons of color
“the right to make and enforce con
tracts, to sue, be sued, to be parties
and give evidence, to inherit, to pur
chase, lease, sell, hold and convey real
and personal preperty, and to have
full and equal benefit of all laws and
proceedings for the security of peason
and estate;” and declared that “they
shall not be subjected to any other or
different punishment, pain or penalty
for the commission of any act or of
fense, than such as are prescribed for
white persons committing like nets or :
offmces” —as appears by the act'enti-’
tied “An act to define the tena ‘per- j
son of color/ and to declare (he rights i
of ■ such persons;-’ approved March
17th, 1866. Tha Civil Agents of the
Bureau appointed in compliance with .
a resolution of the Georgia State Con
vention, passed. October 30th, 1965,
will continue t .perform the duties and :
exercise the authority conferred upon ;
them by .Circular No. 4. Series of 10C5,j
bat all cases exceeding their jurisdic
tion, unless otherwise specially diree-.
tid by the Department Commander,
will be turned over to the c-ivil rtutnor- j
itiea of the State for adjudication!- . 1
- - o
What yvc .Tlut Fay in Two Vt-jir* •
. Mr. Scofield’s speech .in the House
of Representatives upon the Loan bill
is published in the Globe. He set out |
with the subjoined important statement- j
of facts : • .
“What is the amount of rndebted
"ncss to be met, and when must-It be !
met ? To this question I invite the j
careful -and. earnest attention of the- 1
l-loutfe. 1 shail give the official'stated
meat of the. umo’uiU of our total in’d’eh- 1
tedi ess, and also that portion soon* to
become-due.’ The amount of our pub- :
lie debt on the first day off this month
was 82,711,850,000. Less than half’
of this amount is funded. Within the - !
next three years’ $1,000,000, 000- ot’
this debt will-tall -due, and will be
presented at the counter of the-Treaa**
ury Department for payment. That!
payment most he promptly made, or
oar: paper goes to protest and- our I
credit is broken. -I- hold .iu my -baud .
an official table showing the amount’ ofj
, our indebtedness that” mature,s each
half year lor the’ next two years, which ,
: after a word ’of explanation., -I will read, j
There was on the last day of Febru- |
ary, 1866; a portion af our debt in the !
form of a temporary loan to the amount
ol $119,835,194’,50,.payab1e ar the op- ’
tk>n of the lenderafter ten days.’ notice.
It would hardly be fair to reckon’that ’
whole amount as payable within the
first six months, yet* as-it- .may ‘he cal- ■
[ led for at any t'iine, and is. tJi-e least
I vftlubie form of loan, it must be added’
to the statement of indebtedness’ soon’
to bo. met. With this explanation, and
I s’upj 0.-iiig the payment of this loan to
■ be demanded within the next; six
months* 1 call atteutiou to tile iucts
j exhibited in the table.
Between this day-and the-30th o't t
June next we must pay, in addition to
1 the regular expenditure ofthc Goyern
j nient, $138,6/4,874,82. ’ During tlm
six months. ending December 31; 1-800,
we mus pay $47,665,000. During: the
I six-months ■ending June 30, 1867, we
j must pay $8,171,000. During tlie six
i moots ending December 31, 180.7, wo
i mast pay $35Q,000,00Q. During the
I six SBC! oh tbs ending June 80, 1868, wc
most -pay $169,415,250.’ • Duriug the
six’m-ohths ending December*Bl, 18-
68,’ we must pay $287,564,482, So
; that bet’ween this and’the assembling
j of ‘the next ’.Co’ngrcss there must be
I paid Cver the.counter of the treasury,.
I besides‘tlie ordinary expenses of the
Government, $1,201,890,007 G2f..
IFd'Q ks Department Georgia, 1 .
Augusta Ga ( , April Gth, iB6O. . j
General Order No: 17—• • : .
Provisions having been made by ‘
the Legislative authorities of the State
of Georgia, by which-all persons, with
out regard .to color or former condi
tion, are alike protected and secured
in all their rights by laws of tlie State
and tlie admimiiistriationof them by it
officers and Courts, Commanding offi
cers of Pests arc hereby orderd to turn
over to the proper Civil Authorit : e of
the .State,- all persons, not spildiers
held m confinement, or under- arrest,
awaiting trial, on bondjj for tli'cir ap
pearance before any Court or Commis
sion for crimes or .misdemeanors
charged .to have been committed by
th m, except where committed against
the General Government, to be tried
the Civil Courts of the State.
. In future, all freedinen or others, ex
cept soldiers, who may be arrested by
the Military Authorities for errne-s or
misdemeanors charged to have been
committed by them, except where com
mitted againt the General. Government,
and those arrested for petit offenses,
of Agents of the Freed men’s Bureau
may take cognizance under provision
of Circular No. 4. Series of 1865. Bu
reau of Refugees, Freedmen and Aban
doned Lands, State of Georgia, will be
turned over to the Civil Authorties of
the county or town in which the oflense
is committed, for trial before the Civil
Courts of the State.
Excepitons made to this Order, for
trial by Military Commission, will be
specially directed from tnese Head
quarters.
By command of
Brevet Maj. Gen. Brannan.
Official: (Signed) S. B. Mce, A. A. G-
The Volunteer Troops in the
Army-—lt appears from a communi
cation from the War Department, da
ted March 28, that the number of vol
unteer troops iu the army on the 9th
of January was; white, 57,590; colo
red, 65,766, or an aggregate of 123,-
356 There were in the service March
10: whites, 27,171 , colored, 39,814,
or an aggregate of 66,985; thus show
| ing there have been mustered out of
! the service since Jan. 9, whites, 30,-
! 419; colored, 25,952, an aggregate of
VOL. VI.-\o. 16.
50,37.1. Ordered lo be mustered oat’
since March 10—whites'. 10,106 j col- .*
ored, 9,557 ; total, ‘-i. Total re
duction made and ordered since -lan. .
9 —whites, 40,525 ’colored, ‘35,541. •
Aggregate, 7H’. ,L 7t. . ‘ •
The masters out ordered will be mostly -
completed by May I.’ ’The work will
bo well advanced by April 10. • and
then there'will bet left in service 17.- ■
065 while volunteers,’ and 80,217.
colored; total number 47,281, It. ia ■
proper to add that the Seveateenfh
Regiment United States Infantry h a
bees ordered-to Texas,- and upon ita.
arrival, Maj-. Gen. Sheridan has been
instructed to muster out-all additional
white volunteers in that-department,
There are now in service there 8,681:
that he can spare The contemplated
reduction will be additional-to’that re
ferred to in the above summary,.
filtai Bin'ia New vil>
New York, April 6.-—lmmense’
fires are now raging in. several places
in thisdity.. The.large brick building
•on the .corner t>h Broadway and Barn
Cluj is entirely destroyed- and the fire
is progressing. • Nos. 200? ‘202 and
304, Brod way,- are burned out, and the
fire is .still burning amongthe building.
. n -the rear. . .On Fulton- street, the
Claremont House, adjoining buildings ‘
I are- eu'-fire: Another-, fire -is raging
further up ’Broadway. The loss of.
property is, very great.-. No estimate
can yet.be reachejd, as .the firemen .
: have but-little mastery over the flames: _
I The ;Trearont House is also on fir*.
Another .him* just brokeu out near ilia •
battery. .. ’ ..
. * . KA'i lOi. •
New Yt)R.K, April 6. —-Among tfio
| losers by (he -Pulton stree't fire were
’ Geo. Sechmand’ boots and sheeS, ¥2O,
i 000, Half insured ; W*. J-. Sperg, bils’
t.liard table maker, $20,000, partially!
i insured ; Jas. Estice, clothier; $20,000,.
I insured; W. H.-Griffith, billiard table.
! maker, $25,0*00, partially, insured. Tho
• building No. 202,'broad way, was also
I destroyed., The Cefarmont ‘Hotel,’ Fuj •
J'ton street, • destroyed, loss $200,000.
! A woman .is missing,supposed life.lost.
I An old man named-Sturbalt was found
; j.in oße’of ihe buildings almost d< ad. he.
| was removed to the h'ogpital. ‘
A New Mode op ShoeYng Horses. .
—A. l'aris blacksmith has invented a’
new. system of shoeing- horses.* Tn< -.
stead ‘of the ,-hoe- being .placed'—fra* •
fluently.much too hot —oil the hoof
and burning.its Qwn nesting pfaoe, the
out ’side of the hoof is. cut. away round
“the foot to about tjic dcbtli ‘of half an
inch ; this lg :rc.s a fcdge? into'which
.the* shoe fits, and is then, flush with •
the* frog, • which, just ’tQntm'ee the
ground, arid the \vhol.e‘foot * rests on ‘
the ground, instead of being raised as •
of old by the shoe. ..The ’visible ad
vantages of this arc that'the iboi is tit
.fie pared, aftd instead of a grfeat heavy.
shoe, the .aniifial js shod in what'arc
.litilo jess than facing plates! The ad
vantage clainled by the inventor arc\ ‘
i that ihe horse, never slips, that the
: shoe allows the fact tq expand natural
dy and.that it .lasts ‘as long and’ is as
cheap as the oid plan-. • . • . ‘ .
-of t'l-iino by l*hoUt;gi-nphy, •
In the-MeAphls Bulletin wc -find- th
; following: “Some time ago- a man w• f
! murderdin Sleuth Memphis under cir
,'cumstances which led to unjust. suspi--
! cio'ns directed'against. many, persons-
I doubtless innocent. In fact, the con,.
1 elusion generally reached was that tl:<.*.
unfortunate dOcedarit ‘put a period to’
| his own existence - . Two photographists’
!of this city, hay, whose gallery is at
; the intersection of Union and ;Arm
I strong of the Ciay building—under
j too’k the task of applying the art to the’
i purpose of delecting the murderer-
On th'e day of tlte murderer, with the •
aid of* the microscope, images left o.rr
j the retina . of . the eye cf the dead
i were transferred to paper, and curious
! facts developed. A pistol, the hand,
arm and part of the face of the man
]• who committed the crime are perfectly
I delineated - We have been told that.
a shrewd detective with the aid thus
1 furnished, has gathered other sac-ts
that will surety lead to the identifies
lion and punishment of the murderer.
Getting Tired of Them. —Gen,
Howard the philanthropic Chief of the
freedmen’s, bureau has addressed to the
freed people in the district of Columbia
a circular in which he says he will issne
no more rations after the 10 th of April;
and that the so-p house wiil be closed,,
at and .the distribution of wood and
clothing be discontinued from and af
ter that time.
That the object of this notification
may not be misconceived by the unfor
tunates to whom he addresses it, the
General tells them very plainly that
all of them who can, ought, for their
own advantage and that of those who
remain,- to quit the District at onco;
and he rathe* piteously begs “the
preachers of colored churches arid all
others interested in the well being of
the freed people’’ to aid him in indue
ing them to leave.
The Confederate Setllcmeni in Mex,
ico Abandoned.
The announcement that the Cordova
settlement had proved a failure is con
firmed, and the exiles are abandoning
Carlotta for want of Imperial pro tec*
tion from the Mexican guerrillas, Gen*
eral discontent prevailed among the
colonists,